Classic Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a look at the ingredients you’ll need to make these irresistible PB blossoms.

Granulated and Brown Sugar: After testing both sugars individually, we decided using both types gave the cookies the richest flavor and perfect soft-and-chewy texture.

Creamy Peanut Butter: The smooth nature of creamy peanut butter provides the best peanut butter blossom appearance and success when the chocolates are pressed into the baked cookies.

Salted Butter: Salted butter gives the richest flavor in these cookies, but be sure it’s softened—without being melted—for the best results.

Chocolate Candies: At taste panels, we thought the milk chocolate HERSHEY’S KISSES, with their iconic shape, really made these cookies stand out. But there are so many other chocolate candy options like dark chocolate, white chocolate or even caramel-filled chocolates – give one a try.

Other Ingredients You’ll Need: Gold Medal™ All Purpose Flour, an egg, baking soda, and baking powder.

Cookware You’ll Need

Check out the list below for the important kitchen items you’ll need for this peanut blossom cookie recipe.

Electric Mixer: Whether you use a hand or stand mixer, we discovered during testing that mixing this stiff dough was a lot easier with an electric mixer.

Cookie Scoop: For the fastest prep and a consistent yield, we love to use a #70 spring-loaded cookie scoop for making the dough balls. If you don’t have a cookie scoop, rolling 1 level tablespoon of dough should be just about right for 1-inch dough balls.

Cookie Sheet: Betty’s test kitchen loves shiny metal cookie sheets with a smooth surface and no sides. They reflect heat the best for cookies to bake evenly and brown properly.

Other Cookware You’ll Need: Large bowl, dry measuring cups, rubber or silicone scraper, small bowl, cookie spatula and a cooling rack.

How to Make Peanut Butter Blossoms

Here are our favorite tips for making the best Peanut Butter Blossoms. Follow the recipe for all the specifics.

1. Unwrap the Candies

Remove the wrappers from the HERSHEY’S KISSES before you start making the dough. This way you are ready to top the cookies with the candies immediately after they come out of the oven.

2. Make the Dough

Beat the sugars with the wet ingredients using an electric mixer until creamy—no streaks of butter or peanut butter should be visible. Stir in the dry ingredients until completely blended into the dough.

3. Shape Dough and Roll in Sugar

Measure the dough and roll each portion into a ball. If you measure carefully, you’ll get 36 balls. Roll the balls in additional granulated sugar—you’ll need about 1/4 cup.

4. Bake and Add HERSHEY’S KISSES

Bake cookies one sheet at a time, on the center rack in the oven. Bake until the edge of the cookies, where they meet the cookie sheet, are light golden brown. Remove from the oven and immediately press a HERSHEY’S KISS into each hot cookie. Pro Tip—Press the candies slightly more than halfway through the cookies so they will stay in place once cooled.

Possible Variations

With a simple twist, you can change up these peanut butter HERSHEY’S KISS cookies to make them different every time.

Roll Cookies in an Eye-Catching Sugar: We love to roll the cookies in coarse sparkling sugar or colored decorating sugar, for a festive touch.

Switch Up the Candy: Try using a HERSHEY’S HUG or a chocolate star candy in place of the HERSHEY'S KISS for a fun twist.

Try these delicious variations of the beloved peanut butter blossoms recipe next time you’re baking.

Peanut Butter Blossom Bars: Skip rolling the dough by making a pan of these scrumptious cookie bars instead.

Christmas Peanut Butter Blossoms: Try this merry version of the recipe, which turns the HERSHEY’S KISSES on each cookie into little Christmas trees.

Almond Butter Blossoms: Swap in almond butter for the peanut butter in this fun rendition of a blossom cookie.

Serving Peanut Butter Blossoms

Here’s some top ways our kitchen experts love to serve these cookies.

Add the Perfect Drink: Serve these cookies with a glass of cold milk or a mug of hot chocolate. The dairy flavor in these drinks brings out the richness of the cookies.

Pair with Ice Cream: We love to serve a few of these cookies with a bowl of vanilla ice cream; it makes the cookies taste even more decadent.

Serve with Other Cookies: Our kitchen team knows the secret to creating a beautiful cookie tray is variety. Combine cookies of different shapes, colors, sizes and textures for the best visual impact.

Serve the peanut blossoms with Classic Sugar Cookies, which can be made in any shape and any color. Spritz Cookies, with their bumpy tops sprinkled with colored sugar, or check out our Christmas Cookies collection for even more festive inspiration.

Storing and Reheating

Use these great tips for storing baked blossom cookies.

Room Temperature Storage

Cookies can be stored once the chocolate candies have hardened again in an airtight food-storage container. Place waxed or cooking parchment paper between layers if stacking. Store up to 3 days.

Freezer Storage

Store as directed above, using an airtight freezer food storage container. Store up to 1 month.

Thawing

Remove frozen cookies from container, placing them on a plate. Let stand uncovered about 20 minutes or until both the cookie and chocolates have thawed. We do not recommend thawing in the microwave or the oven as the chocolates will melt before the cookies are thawed out.

Why Betty Users Love This Recipe

Our fans give this recipe almost a perfect 5-star rating. Here’s what they’re saying about it.

With over 250 reviews and counting, makers say this is a trusted peanut butter blossoms recipe that has consistent results every time. It’s a hit with their families for both everyday snacks and treats as well as one they love to make each holiday season.

Our community reports this recipe is easy enough for even novice bakers. Lemeyzay says, “Made the peanut butter blossom cookies for the first time with this recipe. Everything was quick and easy (the hardest part was unwrapping the kisses).”

Time and time again, Betty Crocker fans tell us these are some of their most made cookies, with consistent praise for the flavor. Reviewers note it’s a perfect combination of peanut butter and chocolate taste. We wholeheartedly agree!